Structures Design Engineer

Orbital Operations • Long Beach, CA

11h

About The Position

As a Structures Design Engineer on this space vehicle program, you’ll play a key technical role and contribute to shaping engineering standards for pressurized structures, thrust frames, and integrated fluid systems. You’ll serve as the Responsible Engineer for major vehicle subsystems—owning the hardware from initial requirements through design, development, analysis, fabrication, testing, vehicle integration, and ultimately flight. We’re a small, driven team, so you’ll need to collaborate closely across disciplines with both engineers and technicians to move quickly. You’ll also be hands-on with your designs, with opportunities to build and test your own hardware—so expect to roll up your sleeves and work shoulder-to-shoulder with the shop and integration teams.

Requirements

• 3+ years minimum experience in working in aerospace structures or fluids
• Designed, built and tested hardware
• Demonstrated proficiency with CAD software and analysis software (ANSYS preferred), should be able to talk to multiple examples of both
• Ability to determine appropriate level of work for a problem (from hand calcs to multi-physics finite element solutions) and execute the work accordingly
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with launch vehicle design desired (cryogenic propellant familiarity preferred)

Responsibilities

• Define the structural and major fluids design of the rocket in coordination with owners of other portions of the vehicle
• Procure and manage all hardware for components and structures that you own
• Work to get your hardware built, tested and integrated onto the vehicle
• Help build design tools and guidelines that will accelerate development of components

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level